Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says U.S. President Donald Trump has invited him to visit the White House on Feb. 4. This will make Netanyahu the first foreign leader to visit Washington in Trump’s second term.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to meet with President Donald Trump in Washington as early as next week.

Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Donald Trump at the White House next week, the US and Israel have confirmed. The Israeli Prime Minister and US President will meet on February 4 amid a fragile six-week ceasefire that has brought a temporary pause to 15 months of fighting between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza.

The Trump-Netanyahu meeting comes after the US president repeatedly claimed credit for sealing an ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which came after months of fruitless negotiations.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Donald Trump at the White House amid a delicate ceasefire following intense conflict between Israel and Hamas. Trump has proposed that Egypt take in displaced Palestinians,

"Everyone recognizes that the Palestinian issue shouldn't be left behind," an expert told Newsweek. "So there must be progress on this."

Trump’s comments come after he floated at the weekend the idea that Egypt and Jordan, which border Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to the south and east, respectively, should take in Palestinians from Gaza because “almost everything is demolished and people are dying there.”

Donald Trump has invited Benjamin Netanyahu to a meeting at the White House on February 4, the Israeli Prime Minister’s office has announced.

The Israeli prime minister will be the first foreign leader to visit Washington in Mr Trump’s second term in office.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to visit Washington next week, where he will meet with US President Donald Trump, according to the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister. According to Netanyahu,

The first foreign leader to visit President Donald Trump at the White House in his second term will be wanted for war crimes.